Marketplace System for Inter-Network Bandwidth Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in dynamically and intelligently determining when and how to establish inter-network links between balloon networks and terrestrial data networks to meet bandwidth demands, as existing methods struggle to assess demand and locate suitable client devices for these links effectively.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that determine demand for inter-network bandwidth, evaluate offers from client devices, and select and initiate inter-network links based on a comparison of demand and available offers, utilizing a marketplace system to facilitate transactions between purchasing and selling agents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a marketplace system is implemented to dynamically determine inter-network links, then bandwidth utilization efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a marketplace system as an intermediary between balloon networks and terrestrial networks. This marketplace includes purchasing agents that represent network operators and selling agents that represent client devices, facilitating automated transactions for inter-network bandwidth without requiring direct complex negotiations between the networks themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The marketplace system enables self-service through automated agents that independently evaluate offers, determine pricing, and establish inter-network links without human intervention. The purchasing agents and selling agents autonomously negotiate and execute bandwidth transactions based on pre-defined criteria and real-time network conditions.
2Measurement precision
If demand assessment and offer evaluation mechanisms are implemented, then link establishment accuracy is improved, but computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The marketplace system evaluates offers and determines demand assessment in a staged manner, processing only the necessary subset of available offers at any given time. The system prioritizes evaluating offers that are most likely to meet current bandwidth demands, avoiding exhaustive analysis of all possible offers and reducing unnecessary computational overhead.
3Loss of energy
If automated agent-based marketplace system is deployed, then operational cost is reduced, but implementation difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The marketplace system is designed as a universal platform that can serve multiple network operators and numerous client devices simultaneously. The same marketplace infrastructure and agent architecture can be deployed across different geographic regions and network types, reducing per-deployment implementation costs through economies of scale and standardized processes.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments relate to a marketplace for inter-network links between a high-altitude network and a terrestrial data network. An example method may involve a computer-based purchasing agent: (i) determining a demand for inter-network bandwidth between a high-altitude network and a terrestrial data network, (ii) determining one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, wherein the inter-network link provides inter-network bandwidth between the high-altitude network and the terrestrial data network, and wherein each offer is associated with a corresponding client device, (iii) based at least in part on a comparison of: (a) the demand for inter-network bandwidth and (b) the one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, selecting one or more of the offers to provide an inter-network link, and (iv) initiating a process to establish an inter-network link at each client device that corresponds to one of the one or more selected offers.